SLT eating beh Flashcards
what is SLT
proposed by bandura, 4 mediational processes
Attention (pay attention to the eating behaviour of a role model)
Retention (observed eating behaviour must be remembered for later imitation)
Reproduction (ability to reproduce the observed behaviour)
Motivation (must be motivated to imitate the eating behaviour)
what 2 things is this motivated by
direct abd vicarious reinforcemnt
whats VR
Seeing the role model rewarded (e.g. a parent being praised for eating healthily or a peer gaining popularity for bringing trendy snacks)
whats DR
Receiving praise or rewards for imitating the behaviour (e.g. compliments for choosing a healthy meal).
what may this be also motivated by
positive rienforcement
whats the first one
Adding a pleasant stimulus after a behavior to increase the likelihood of that behavior happening again.
whats a worked example- child eating veggies one
A child observes a sibling eating a new vegetable and receiving praise (attention).
They remember how the sibling prepared and ate the vegetable (retention).
Later, the child attempts to eat the same vegetable (reproduction).
If they are praised or see positive outcomes, they are motivated to continue the behaviour (motivation).
whats one other influence of slt for kids
media
how
Children become more independent of parents but see role models of television. TV adverts often have fun themes with role models.
what are 2 strengths
empirical evidence
theory can explain why certain food are more preferred by younger impressionable children
whats evidence for the first point
experimentally manipulated the influence of social learning upon food preferences finding increase of 84% between social learning and future food choices. reinforced by field experiments, Hare-Bruun larger scale real world longitudinal study. relationship between food choices and the consumption of healthy or unhealthy advertising
what can be concluded from this
credible and trustworthy body of evidence that offers powerful support for SLT. Shows a direct causal link between social learning and food preferences and that observational learning directly influences behaviour.
who studied the second eval point about children being influence
Janson + Tenney
what they do/find
gave children an energy dense or energy dilute yogurt drink, found most preferred energy dense drink taken at the same time as teacher who was also having the drink and praised the drink showing clear signs of enjoyment (VR)
what can we conclude from this
shows the impact of both social and environmental factors. reinforces SLT’s validity and applicability in explaining how eating behaviours are shaped, particularly in younger, impressionable individuals
what are 2 weaknesses
doesn’t account for individual differences
environmentally reductionist
who provided evidence for the first weakness
Chen + Yang
what did they find
researched food preferences made by people over Twitter and found a significant association between healthy food choices and the number of grocery stores around but no association between number of fast food outlets and healthy/unhealthy choices.
what can be concluded from this
by focusing primarily on observation and imitation, SLT overlooks contextual factors, weakens explanatory power. Reduces applicability to real-world eating behaviours. This may shape behaviour more.
SLT cannot fully account for the complex and multifaceted influences on dietary choices.
who provided evidence that is it environmentally reductionist
holland
what did he find
56% (11x) concordance rate for mz twins for AN
what can we conclude from this
fails to consider bio and psyc explanations- decreases generalizability and applicability- needs a more holistic approach- doesn’t consider range of necessary influences
